Washing-machine



(MOdeL) G. E. BEANE. WASHING MACHINE.

No. 398,486. Patented Feb. 26, 1889. v

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STATES GEORGE E. BEANE, OF IVHITE STONE, VIRGINIA.

WASHING- MACHINE.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 398,486, dated February 26, 1889. Application filed July 14, 1888. Serial No. 279.910. (Modeli) To aZZ whom it may concerm' Be it known that I GEORGE E. BEANE a citizen of the United States, residing at \Vhite Stone, in the county of Lancaster and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'ashingJI-achines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw ings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The invention relates to that class of washing-machin es wherein the clothes are held and rubbed up and down over a stationary washboard.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings, and then pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a longitudinal vertical section on the dotted line a? 90 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section on dotted line y 1 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, A represents thesuds-box, provided at the bottom with legs a, at the top with handles o,with a soap-box, a awringer, a and a TGCQPliiLClG, 0 for the clothes after theyhave passed through the wringer. In the .1

longitudinal middle of the suds-box A, 1 make fast the vertical wash-board B, corrugated on both sides, but preferably not extending to the bottom of the suds-box. From this pro- ,ject vertical standards Z Z), with the perforations "b, through which pass the fulcrumrod C of the lover-frame I), which ma y thus be fulcrumed at different altitudes. At an equal distance from the fulcrum (f pass the pivot-rods c c, on which are pivoted the bars E E, which carry at their lower ends the followers F F. The rods 0 have holes 0, so that the bars and lever-frame may always be correspondingly adjusted. The followers F are fixed to the bars E on adownward incline from the wash-board B toward the side of the E suds=box, so as to press the clothes on the wash-board B.

G G are perforated boards, on which the clothes rest, and are provided with arms g, suspended by springs g from a horizontal rod, H, the latter being supported on the box standards I I.

The operation is as follows: I place the clothes on the spring-boards G, adjust the lever frame and followers correspondingly to suit the quantity of clothing on the boards G, and pour hot suds into the box A until they reach to or nearly to the top of the wash-board B. The clothes are now grasped between the followers F and spring-boards G, and as the le- Ver-frame is vibrated are rubbed up and down against the wash-board. By rem oving the fulcrum O and withdrawing the followers the position of the clothes may be changed and the clothes again rubbed, this being continued until the dirt has been completely eliminated from the garments, which are then passed through the wringer and dropped into the receptacle a.

This machine has been practically tested by me and been found to do its work with singular efficiency and with great rapidity.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

The wash-board B, fixed in the middle of the suds-box A, but not extending to the bottom thereof, and provided with vertical standards I) b, perforated at I), in combination with two inclined followers, F F, having standards E E, perforated at c, and two clothes-rests, G G, arranged on the lower ends of arms g, suspended from springs g, whereby said parts are adapted to be used in connection with an adjustable lever-frame, C D, in the manner described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE E. BEANE.

I lVitnesses: A. RUPPERT, i PHILIP MAURO. 

